The bifrost
Kirby Thor is best Thor.
I went to see this at 6:00pm on a bright June Saturday, and there were so many excited little girls in the audience with their parents, and I just started crying right then. I had a wonderful time.
I logged a small thing about crying at a Wonder Woman showing
This is in no way an exhaustive recount of things that made me cry. Because there were so many. At one point I think I cried because Gal Godot had been frowning for nearly a whole minute and no (male) director had told her to stop.
“Patty Jenkins worked really hard with her team to design a style of fighting that was incredibly badass, and believable. Where Batman will punch somebody in the face, and that’s effective, that’s not how the Amazons and Diana fight. They have a disciplined specialized, collaborative fighting style. They work together as a team, and leverage each other’s strengths. They are mighty, they are beautiful. And as the Germans learn, this new breed of badass warrior women are deadly.”
Diana + revolving door
#she’s …. thor. #she’s thor - but better#i’m glad this is a thing people are coming around to#and i’m glad tonally they fit in the same shape #with gags like this#which are public ‘odd’ behaviour#but that the subject finds in no way a problem and in fact is glad to learn a new experience#and like for example - you know the thor gag where he goes to the pet store and asks for a horse#and is told they just have dogs/cats/birds and he goes ‘then give me one of those large enough to ride’#that is EXACTLY the sort of interaction that i can see this 2017 patty jenkins diana having#100% well-intentioned #100% fish out of water#but driven honest and determined#so that when that gag is set up you laugh at it but not reliant on humiliation#because both films take a long time to set up THEIR point of view first before they throw the gags at you#so you see their home - asgard or themyscira - you see what’s normal to them#and you understand that the stakes are high for them and you’re on board and empathise#so a moment like this that could be ‘lol look @ this dumb person’ instead reads as ‘YES YOU NEARLY GOT IT! YOU’RE DOING GREAT BB’#it’s an EARNED gag because it’s not a cheap shot at them coming as it does after such a detailed character intro (via @harrietvane)
- Best Superhero: Magneto.
- Best Supervillain: Magneto.
- Best Marvel Character: Magneto.
- Best D.C. Character: Still somehow Magneto.